As is tradition, the more witty among us come out every April to start the month out with a giggle.
People, companies and even stone-faced politicians joined in on the humorous day with laughable announcements, ridiculous set ups and classic gags. Some of the highlights of yesterday’s tomfoolery includes Bill Shorten announcing through a post on Facebook his “onion a day” health campaign, the Australian Science Media Centre releasing a study stating that climate change will unleash fire-breathing dragons on the world and Microsoft revealing Office 2016 for cats.
Download #OfficeforCats today! 3 brand-new products for your furry friends: PowerPounce, OneNap and Meow. pic.twitter.com/WLL5jz0Efr
— Office (@Office) April 1, 2015
Other gag announcements came, my personal favourite being the joint announcement from The Shooters and Fishers and Australian Sex Party:
This wins April Fool’s Day. pic.twitter.com/aSZ3X8Vvnr — bookshopdipshit (@bookshopaddict) April 1, 2015
Other competitors for the crown of best prank of the day include:
- Professor Dave Swain’s udderly ridiculous Wifi cattle, featuring ear cooling techology.
- Google Maps featuring Pac-Man, which you can play through the streets
- The announcement of the giant Vegemite jar.
- Reddit, the front page of the internet, creating The Button, causing a panic in the website.
- A sink hole opened outside the Channel Nine Headquarters, supposedly swallowing entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins’ car.
- CERN discovering “The Force” of Star Wars fame, a diminutive green spokesman saying: “Very impressive, this result is.”
- Samsung announcing the Galaxy Blade, the world’s first kitchen knife with smart phone capabilities.
- The most ridiculous though was from The Northern Territory News’ twitter feed, where they announced that they would only be reporting serious news from now on.
Official announcement: we will no longer be using all caps on Twitter. We have decided it is quite immature. 1/2
— The NT News (@TheNTNews) March 31, 2015
2/2 we will also stop covering croc and quirky yarns. We will now pick up the slack of serious media outlets who have lost their edge.
— The NT News (@TheNTNews) March 31, 2015
